Devon’s freshest and most exciting brewery is releasing a particularly special special this Autumn. “6ixes & 7evens” is a West Coast Amber ale, or at least that’s the closest recognisable description they can offer for this uniquely different beer.
The name refers to the precise muddle of six malts and seven hops that go into building the complex layers of flavour in what is a big and bold beer. It also reflects Powderkeg’s typically playful plan to brew something that is in no way sensible, only loosely categorisable and designed to leave the drinker somewhat discombobulated.
The six malts used, including rye malt from Germany and ‘Chateau Special B’ from Belgium, create a fulsome, mouth-filling body and a beautiful, rich Amber colour. The seven different hops, all sourced from the West Coast of the USA, combine to bring a bold edge of citrus and spice to the flavour and aroma.
Head Brewer John Magill said, “After a summer that never was, we want to make the most of Autumn this year and 6ixes & 7evens is the beer I want to be drinking. The colour of a turning leaf, with warming alcohol and spicy notes, it’s a beer that relaxes the rules and brings some much needed folly. It has a touch of barely-tamed chaos about it – the only certainties will be what you’re going back to the bar for, and that there is always happiness in beer.”
6ixes & 7evens was first brewed as a special in 2016, and generally went down a storm. “We had so many requests to brew it again and who are we to deny everybody?!” says John. “We have slightly tweaked the recipe from last year, lightening the colour a touch, replacing some of the sweeter malt with the more spicy rye, and turning up the hops a bit more. We always think of our beers a work in progress, we’re perpetual tweakers – always searching for improvements. But that’s what being a craft brewer is all about for me – we never like to say “it’ll do”, it’s always “Can it be even better?””
For a brewery that has already produced a beer named as one of the 14 best beers in the world in 2016*, that’s certainly aiming high.
*Cut Loose pilsner, 4.7%
BEER INFORMATION
6ixes & 7evens – West Coast Amber –5.0 % ABV
Rich malt, citrus and spice in a mixed-up, maxed-out amber, dazed and infused with 6 grains and 7 west coast hops
Malts: Pale, Château B, Cara, Wheat, Rye, Chocolate
Hops: Centennial, Mosaic, Ahtanum, Azacca, Cascade, Chinook, Galena
Ingredients: water, barley, wheat, rye, hops, yeast
For further info or images please contact Jess Magill
jess@powderkegbeer.co.uk
01395 488181 / 07810 407724